Overgeared

The collapsed ground swallowed the sea of green which used to be the forest. The giant trees, that reached all the way to the sky, tilted precariously.

A long time ago when Grid visited this place with Zik and Zibal, the scenery at the entrance of the Hwan Kingdom had overwhelmed him. It now looked completely devastated. Judging from the scale of the damage, it was almost certain that the Hwan Kingdom wouldn’t escape unscathed from this fight. This had to be the case. Why else had Hanul rushed over here then?

However, Hanul appeared unbothered. He sneered at Grid without giving off the slightest hint of agitation.

[The pressure you are giving off is unusual. Do you think this is an opportunity for you to kill us?]

Just then, Chiyou’s eyes returned to normal. He stopped emitting a white light and his pupils were back to their original state. Those pitch-black eyes of his contained desire and joy.

Noe had been poking his head out of Grid’s arms to examine the situation. “D-Don’t tell me, this guy... Did he pretend to be insane to lure Master here?” he asked thoughtfully.

It was a reasonable doubt, but Grid firmly shook his head.

“There is no way that those who live on pride would act like fools.”

Grid could operate as virtually two different people thanks to the Consciousness Separation skill. The skill divided his consciousness into two. It was still at level 1, but it was very useful. Because of it, Grid could assess the clone’s situation in real time. He had witnessed every moment of Hanul and Chiyou’s fight and he knew that Chiyou had not put on an act.

Of course, doing so mentally exhausted him. Switching back and forth between the two consciousnesses required a great deal of concentration. Had there not been a function that granted autonomy to his clone, Grid wouldn’t have been able to fully utilize the Consciousness Separation skill.

In any case, Grid was aware that Hanul wasn’t in good shape.

[Are you serious...? You are here to settle things with us by yourself? So ridiculous. Can you really handle both of us?]

Hanul was bluffing, pretending he was fine with this turn of events. Grid wasn’t deceived by his acting skills.

“What do you mean by the two of you? I don’t think Chiyou will team up with you so we can fight two versus one.”

Grid had long defined Chiyou as a lunatic. Therefore, he didn’t respect Chiyou. Chiyou teaming up with Hanul to kill Grid? No way.

Ironically, the one whom the madman valued the most was Grid. He didn’t want Grid to die. Because of this, it was Grid, not Hanul, who had the numerical advantage.

Grid wasn’t actually isolated behind enemy lines. Together with his clone, he had surrounded the enemy. This had been his plan from the very beginning.

“Thanks to the immortal earlier, the Hwan Kingdom has suffered quite a lot of damage... Did I miscalculate when I decided this was the best moment to try and hurt you?”

More and more mirrors appeared, surrounding Hanul. Before he knew it, there were hundreds of them, and would soon become thousands. This was easy to pull off because the spell required ice magic. They weren’t that durable, that was their weakness, but they reflected light. This clearly restricted Hanul’s actions.

Hanul stared at Grid silently. The light withdrew and he revealed his true appearance.

He looked like King Sobyeol after King Sobyeol grew older and larger in size. Hanul’s white hair was tightly combed into a bun and there were deep wrinkles all over his face. However, the wrinkles didn’t make him look ugly. They made his eyes look wiser, and the lines around his mouth made him look mightier. He was standing with his back straight, and had a thick waist, a broad chest, and wide shoulders.

Hanul’s appearance resembled the one described in the myths. He gave off the impression of a ruler. Anyone could see that he had been born to rule and deserved to be worshiped as a god.

befit your status as the Only One God. This is the limit of lowly existences

appearance, Hanul didn’t

tilted his head. “Are

the beginning of time. He had been a god from the moment he was born. However, he opposed Rebecca and lost.

angels. Hanul had tried all sorts of dirty schemes one after another, but all of his plans failed. If anything, Hanul

seemed to have hit the nail on the head. Hanul got flustered and shouted, [You are

had created a shockwave just by shouting. The power of his loud

of a being whose stats were at least in the tens of thousands. Noe was overwhelmed by the intense pressure of the successive

Hanul in the sky. He was

clearly had a heavenly role. He was the God that all beings living in the

of the reasons Rebecca’s ideal world was destroyed. He came up

more than the

intentions were. He could only assume why Hanul had decided to become aggressive toward

of this world

another God of the beginning, and even Judar had known the truth of the world,

[Don’t make that face.]

eyes and did as he pleased. He turned into light and shot forward. He stabbed Grid in the chest with his light. The attack landed before Grid could even register it. Red blood spilled from his chest wound. Despite his high defense, he couldn’t fully withstand the attack power of a God of

[......?]

knew it, Hanul was standing behind Grid. He was about to link another attack but suddenly stopped.

[Annihilation.]

a God of the

[You are so annoying.]

ice covered the sky like snowflakes and kept reflecting the light. As a result, the power of light dispersed

[Do your best.]

target changed. He attacked Grid’s clone, who kept creating

Flash!

Hanul’s attack took, it was always a beam of light. As if this was incredibly easy for him to do, he shattered the Multiple Weakening Barriers that Grid had placed around the clone

remained stuck in place because of the huge shock and could no longer spawn any mirrors. Hanul shattered all the surrounding mirrors

been hit

was bleeding again. He now lost twice as much compared to the first time he got hit because Hanul had struck him right in

[......]

statue. He silently rubbed the blood flowing down from his throat. If Grid’s sword had dug just a

was responding to the speed of light. He couldn’t dodge or block Hanul’s attack before counterattacking, but he managed to counterattack

him slaying a chief god and a dragon. The destructive purple energy annihilated every target, no

“......”

[......]

to attacks that he couldn’t block or avoid. Hanul had to risk his life to kill his enemies. Both Absolutes were walking on thin ice. They had to focus on the fight and only on the fight. They couldn’t afford to

to somehow respond to the speed of light, but this meant his defense and attack power had been

the Defying the Natural Order and Twilight swords, he posed a great threat to Hanul. However, if his attack power lowered even more, even his items wouldn’t